7-letter words containing h, e, a
- earthly — of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.
- ebauche — a rough sketch or initial version
- echappe — a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps from the fifth position and lands on the toes or the balls of the feet in the second position.
- echidna — Also called spiny anteater. any of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines.
- eckhart — Johannes [yoh-hah-nuh s] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs/ (Show IPA), ("Meister Eckhart") c1260–1327? Dominican theologian and preacher: founder of German mysticism.
- ecthyma — a contagious viral disease of sheep and goats and occasionally of humans, marked by vesicular and pustular lesions on the lips.
- edaphic — related to or caused by particular soil conditions, as of texture or drainage, rather than by physiographic or climatic factors.
- edaphon — the aggregate of organisms that live in the soil.
- egghead — an intellectual.
- eggwash — beaten egg, usually mixed with milk or water, for brushing on pastry
- em dash — punctuation mark: long dash
- embathe — (archaic) To bathe.
- empaths — Plural form of empath.
- empathy — The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
- en dash — punctuation mark: short dash
- enchafe — to heat up; irritate
- enchain — Bind with or as with chains.
- enchant — Fill (someone) with great delight; charm.
- encharm — to enchant; bewitch
- enchase — Decorate (a piece of jewelry or work of art) by inlaying, engraving, or carving.
- encoach — (transitive, archaic) To place or carry in a coach.
- endarch — (of a xylem strand) having the first-formed xylem internal to that formed later
- enhabit — Obsolete form of inhabit.
- enhance — Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
- enthral — (transitive) To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate.
- eparchs — Plural form of eparch.
- eparchy — A province of the Orthodox Church.
- ephedra — An evergreen shrub of warm, arid regions that has trailing or climbing stems and tiny, scalelike leaves . Some kinds are a source of ephedrine and are used medicinally.
- ephraim — the younger son of Joseph, who received the principal blessing of his grandfather Jacob (Genesis 48:8–22)
- epitaph — A phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone.
- epochal — Forming or characterizing an epoch; epoch-making.
- erathem — the stratum of rocks representing a specific geological era
- eschars — Plural form of eschar.
- escheat — The reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner’s dying without legal heirs.
- eşfahān — city in WC Iran: capital of Persia in the 17th cent.: pop. 1,127,000
- etchant — An acid or corrosive chemical used in etching; a mordant.
- ethanal — (organic compound) The IUPAC name for acetaldehyde, rarely used in research or industry.
- ethanol — (organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.
- ethical — Of or relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.
- ethnica — Plural form of ethnicon.
- evanish — (archaic, intransitive) To vanish.
- evesham — a town in W central England, in W Worcestershire, on the River Avon: scene of the Battle of Evesham in 1265 (Lord Edward's defeat of Simon de Montfort and the barons); centre of the Vale of Evesham, famous for market gardens and orchards. Pop: 22 179 (2001)
- exarchs — Plural form of exarch.
- exhaled — Simple past tense and past participle of exhale.
- exhales — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhale.
- exhaust — Drain (someone) of their physical or mental resources; tire out.
- exhedra — Alternative form of exedra.
- eyebath — A cup-shaped vessel used to apply eyewash.
- eyelash — Each of the short curved hairs growing on the edges of the eyelids, serving to protect the eyes from dust particles.
- eyewash — Cleansing solution for a person’s eye.